Originally posted by Beat Blog
The interface is easy - you burn everything into folders (by artist usually), and then you can scroll through individual folders, and once you find the folder you want, then you can scroll through the ten or so tracks you may have in there.
It's not really that different to loading a CD really - it's just like having twenty CD's pre-loaded.
The problem I have with mp3 support is that it is painfully slow and still has a lot of bugs (on the 200 anyway).
Have never tried a cd-player that I really liked doing this on yet.. but hey, maybe one day
For now, I really prefer max 10 tracks per CD or Conectiv/SSL/Traktor etc.
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Nov-08-2007 22:36
Ryan0751
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: May 2005
Location: Boston, MA
Yep, and they said they'll add other popular ones later...
Wonder how that'll work. Right now you need the SL-1 to run the Serato software, surely they won't give SSL away... bet you'll still need the SL-1 to input into your mixer. Not sure how that's better than using control CD's.
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Originally posted by DjWoody
According to Serato, you can use the CDJ400 as a NATIVE CONTROLLER for SERATO!!!
anybody know if it plays lossless files like wav, flac , that would be very attractive to me . MP3 is pretty useless to me
Nov-08-2007 23:07
Allied Nations
Make it happen cap'n
Registered: Mar 2004
Location: MTHELL
quote:
Originally posted by Ryan0751
Yep, and they said they'll add other popular ones later...
Wonder how that'll work. Right now you need the SL-1 to run the Serato software, surely they won't give SSL away... bet you'll still need the SL-1 to input into your mixer. Not sure how that's better than using control CD's.
control cds can be a bit wonky... a lot of the time
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Nov-08-2007 23:23
Omega_Blue
Someone Changed My Custom
Registered: Dec 2003
Location: Gone
without looking at the specs i can almost guarantee it doesn't play flac.
i'd like to actually physically use the platter before i make any judgements about it. if it feels and functions exactly like the 800/1000 platter, just smaller, then it sounds like a solid piece of equipment. it does look ugly as fuck though.
also if it's only $100 or so less than the 800mk2, i'd probably just get the 800's instead.
Nov-08-2007 23:24
nutsan
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Jan 2006
Location: Here?
Looks nice, i dunno if it will last as long as some of their other players. it seems lke pioneer like to test ides out on smaller units before they introduce them to bigger units. like the dmp-555 their first unit with mp3, they used that as a test now all pio units have mp3 capabilities.
while the whole plugging in a mass storage device is great. the fact you'll need 2 separate drives for each player seems daft. and even if you do get 2 drives and put all your tunes on both, it probably violates some crazy copyright law or something, although i guess it's no different that people burning 2 copies of CDs but just a thought.
be interesting to see how people react to it and seeing whether or not people bother to pay that extra over the cdj-200 for the extra features. i probably wouldn't. the press down jog wheel doesn't really impress me, could be kinda annoying.
Nice to see pioneer ringing out new stuff though rather than just playing it safe with just slightly updated versions of their units.
Nov-09-2007 01:47
limin_li
Asian Mafioso Nerdbot
Registered: May 2002
Location: Cockeysville, Baltimore
Looks like the old American DJ top table CD player.
Now that i think about it..my CDJ 200s are fine. Unless I was planning to use Serato or something...I don't really need the USB/MIDI functionality. Nice to have..but not a necessity. Burning MP3 CDs is fine with me. That's what a CDJ is originally intended for (playing CDs) not being used as a controller for digital programs.
